20-year-old Joseph David Mangert And Daniel Martínez-Labra, 18, Charged With 1st-degree Reckless Homicide For The Death Of Tyler Huddleston, 18, In Milwaukee

Mangert and Martínez-Labra have been charged in connection with the Huddleston's murder in Milwaukee.

By H. Nelson Goodson 

Hispanic News Network U.S.A.

May 14, 2026

Milwaukee, Wisconsin - On Wednesday, both Joseph David Mangert, 20, of West Allis and Daniel Martínez-Labra, 18, of Milwaukee were each charged with 1st-degree reckless homicide, use of a dangerous weapon and party to crime in connection with the May 2, 2026 homicide of Tyler Huddleston, 18, at the 2500 block of S. 62 Street in Milwaukee.

If convicted, Mangert and Martínez-Labra are each facing more than 60 years in prison for 1st-degree reckless homicide, use of a dangerous weapon and party to a crime.

According to the criminal complaint, Huddleston was attending a cousin's birthday when Mangert and Martínez-Labra got into an argument regarding a 14-year-old female that was ousted from the birthday party for allegedly engaging in an inappropriate sexual behavior.

The 14-year-old girl called Mangert to pick her up and when Mangert and Martínez-Labra arrived at the scene, they began an argument with Huddleston over a cellphone that was smashed. Then, Huddleston went back inside the home.

Both Mangert and Martínez-Labra went to knock at the door wearing ski masks, that's when Mangert allegedly fired a switch converted automatic handgun striking Huddleston who died from the gunshot wounds in the kitchen of the home.

Police recovered at least 20 spent cartridges at the crime scene.

Police were able to review outdoor surveillance camera videos to identify the suspects and vehicle used. The vehicle was registered to Mangert.

Also, the 14-year-old female that was ousted from the birthday party, but was no longer at the scene when the shooting occurred, identified Mangert as the person who was wearing a white shirt over his head and holding a handgun with an extended magazine.

Martínez-Labra was booked for felony reckless  homicide at the Milwaukee County jail, also a felony warrant was issued for Mangert who remains at-large and is being sought by police.

Update: Erasing The César E. Chávez Legacy Along The S. 16 Street Business Improvement District (BID) 38 Corridor In The Southside Of Milwaukee

The César E. Chávez Legacy erased along the S. 16 Street Business Improvement District (BID) 38 corridor in the Southside of Milwaukee. Also, should the Dolores Huerta Mural be changed along S. 16 Street to reflect the vibrant and striving Milwaukee Southside Latino community?

Milwaukee, Wisconsin - The S. Sixteenth (16) Street Business Improvement District (BID) 38 (formerly the S. César E. Chávez Drive Business Improvement District) and the City of Milwaukee have finally wiped out (eliminated or erased) any reference to the late United Farm Workers Union leader César E. Chávez along the S. 16 Street business district corridor. (HNNUSA article at link: http://hispanicnewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2026/03/cesar-e-chavez-drive-bid-38-changed.html)

The S. César E. Chávez Drive street name was removed in late April by the City of Milwaukee Department of Public Works and replaced with S. 16 Street along the business corridor. (HNNUSA article at link: http://hispanicnewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2026/04/alderperson-jocasta-zamarripa-abstained.html)

The BID 38 and the City of Milwaukee decision to erase or eliminate any name reference to the late César E. Chávez who passed away 33 years ago was triggered by unproven allegations that Chávez had allegedly molested multiple young girls, who were identified in a March 2026 New York Times article as Ana Murguia and Debra Rojas who are in their 60's, that alleged Chávez had molested them when they were under 15, which their allegations went viral nationally and worldwide, that quickly sparked condemnation against Chávez who passed away three decades ago without any any criminal history of molesting young girls or rape. Chávez died as an innocent and well respected man. He was the well-known iconic leader of the United Farm Workers Union (UFW) who fought against discriminatory and unfair farmworkers wages, including inhumane housing conditions at farms in California.

Also, Dolores Huerta, the co-founder of the UFW alleged in her personal Facebook account that she had a consensual sexual affair with César E. Chávez who at the time, he was married. Huerta claims, that she became pregnant and had a child from Chávez. She also claimed that Chávez later had sexually assaulted her without her consent and she also became pregnant from Chávez. Huerta admitted that she decided to give her two daughters from Chávez away to other caring families because she wanted to continue with the UFW movement. She never told a soul about her consensual affair with Chávez, a married man until 33 years after his death. Apparently when Huerta made came out public in social media, other allegations were raised that Huerta had a third child with César E. Chávez, but the child was raised by Huerta and César's younger brother, Richard who had also passed away. Huerta has not confirmed that she had a third child with César. (HNNUSA article at link: http://hispanicnewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2026/03/ufw-labor-leader-and-activist-dolores.html)

César is not here today to respond to the allegations raised by several women and Huerta.

The real fact is, that we will never come to know the real truth stemming from the allegations, exept that Huerta confirmed, she had children with César and Richard. Huerta was married multiple times and had 11 children and two additional children with César and allegedly, a third one.

Today, a large mural of Dolores Huerta remains along the 1300 block S. 16 Street, which has become a constant reminder of Huerta having a consensual affair with César E. Chávez, who was married at the time during the UFW movement in the 1960's and 1970's, and her having several children by Chávez, which she gave away in order to continue with the UFW movement.

According to residents living in the Southside and along the S. 16 Street business corridor, Huerta is not considered a good role model today for young girls, especially when she had a consensual affair with César E. Chávez, a married man.

To continue to display Huerta's image along the S. 16 Street business corridor, it only shows the double standards that are being practiced by the S. Sixteenth Street Business Improvement District and the City of Milwaukee, including the organizations that sponsored the mural.

Should the Huerta Mural be changed to reflect the vibrant and striving Latino business corridor on S. 16 Street in the Southside of Milwaukee?

The S. Sixteenth Street Business Improvement District 38 held their annual Cinco de Mayo Outdoor Market 2026 on Sunday, May 10, 2026 along the S. 16 Street business corridor.

Posted on May 12, 2026

Source: Hispanic News Network U.S.A.

WI State Representative Jessie Rodriguez (R) Won't Seek Re-election In The Fall Of 2026

Rodriguez announced that she won't seek re-election in the Fall of 2026.

By H. Nelson Goodson 

Hispanic News Network U.S.A.

May 7, 2026

Oak Creek, Wisconsin - On Thursday, Wisconsin State Representative Jessie Rodriguez, 41, (R), actual name Yesenia Eldermira Rodriguez who represents the 21st District in the Wisconsin State Assembly announced that she won't be seeking re-election in the Fall of 2026. Rep. Rodriguez cited that she will be concentrating on spending more time with her family.

Rep. Rodriguez is originally from El Salvador, in 1985
during the civil war in El Salvador, she along with her family crossed into the U.S. illegally and settled in Massachusetts. She later gained legal status.

Representative Rodriguez has been in office for 13 years, and she recently voted to approve the bipartisan DACA Bill (Act 240) in the State Assembly, which later became law when Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers (D) signed it into law after the Wisconsin State Senate passed it.

Representative Rodriguez became the first Republican Latina elected to the Wisconsin State Assembly in 2013.

22-year-old Ricky Alcantara-Hernández Charged With 4 Felonies In Connection With Organizing Street Takeovers In Milwaukee

Alcantara-Hernández facing up to 43 years and 6 months in prison for organizing street takeovers, which endanger public safety in Milwaukee.

By H. Nelson Goodson 

Hispanic News Network U.S.A.

May 5, 2026

Milwaukee, Wisconsin - On Saturday, Ricky Alcantara-Hernández, 22, of South Milwaukee was charged with 3 felony counts for 1st-degree recklessly endangering safety including party to a crime and 1 felony count for sell/possess/use/transport machine gun in connection with organizing street takeovers on April 25 and April 26, 2026.

If convicted on all counts,  Alcantara-Hernández is facing up to 43 years and 6 months in prison and up to $85,000 in fines, or both.

Criminal complaint at link: https://mkepdpio.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Criminal-Complaint_1-Alcantara-Hernandez-Ricky-2026CF002051-Alcantara-Hernandez-Ricky_29635960_1-1.pdf

18-year-old Tyler Huddleston Fatally Shot By Automatic Gunfire In The Southwest Side Of Milwaukee

Huddleston was fatally in a barrage of gunfire in Milwaukee.

By H. Nelson Goodson 

Hispanic News Network U.S.A.

May 4, 2026

Milwaukee, Wisconsin - On early Saturday, Milwaukee responded to shots fired around 1:10 a.m. at the 2500 block of S. 62 Street. When police arrived at the scene they located Tyler Huddleston, 18, with multiple gunshot wounds. Huddleston was pronounced deceased at the scene.

Nearby outdoor video surveillance cameras in the area provided to police showed someone discharging an automatic weapon. Additional door bell video footage showed several individuals at a door who believed to be connected to the shooting.

Police are seeking multiple suspects in the Huddleston's homicide.

UW-Milwaukee Proposed Implementation Of A Student Union Hub, Which Will House The Roberto Hernández Center With Other 7 Affinity Centers, In Violation Of The 1970 Accord With The Latino Community

The commitment that the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee made in the 1970 accord with the Latino community was to create a Latino cultural based educational services program to serve the much needed educational  services and the retention of Latino students at the university, which has been successfully practiced for more than 54 years, and unfortunately is now being gradually phased out under UW-Milwaukee Chancellor Gibson, who is Black.

By H. Nelson Goodson 

Hispanic News Network U.S.A.

May 3, 2026

Milwaukee, Wisconsin - Under Chancellor Thomas Gibson, the Roberto Hernández Center (RHC) at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) apparently lost its executive director Alberto Maldonado, 55, who was promoted as Assistant Vice-Chancellor For Connections And Achievements within the Division of Student Affairs, and Gibson hasn't announced Maldonado's replacement as executive director at the RHC to date. Which, if Chancellor Gibson and UWM fail to replace Maldonado with a new executive director at the RHC, it would be a clear violation of the 1970 agreement between UWM and the Latino community accord of the establishment of the Spanish Speaking Outreach Institute (SSOI), now known as the RHC. The 1970 accord between UWM and the Latino community was that the RHC (formerly the SSOI) would have an executive director who would become the liaison between UWM and the Latino community in order to assure UWM would continue to provide adequate educational opportunities for Latinos enrolling at the university. The RHC program would also remain independent and continue to serve the Latino community and Latino students by establishing an advisory committee, which today has allegedly been phased out by the previous Chancellor Mone and under Gibson, the current Chancellor at UWM.

At no time, did the previous UWM Chancellor Mark Mone and the new Chancellor Gibson including the UWM administration informed or attempted in good faith to allegedly include the RHC advisory committee including the Latino community that the UWM decision making was moving forward under the radar to gradually begin phasing out the RHC from its current offices at Bolton Hall by merging the RHC with 7 other affinity centers, which is currently drawing a backlash from the Latino community and students of color at UWM.

The 8 affinity centers will eventually lose their current office spaces once they relocated to the Student Union Hub Center.

Chancellor Gibson's decision to move forward and allow the RHC merge with the 7 other affinity centers at the Student Union is a clear violation (betrayal) of the 1970 accord with the Latino community and Gibson must continue to follow the 1970 accord in order to prevent the Latino community from being unjustly phase out of UWM services and an open door policy to secure educational opportunities and services to the Latino community and students of color.

If Chancellor Gibson continues with his decision to merge the RHC with the 7 other affinity centers, Gibson and UWM will definitely face major opposition from the Latino community and most likely the 1970 UWM Takeover of the Chancellor's office will come back to haunt him. (HNNUSA article at link: http://hispanicnewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2011/08/revisiting-1970-hispanic-takeover-at-uw.html)

In other words, if Chancellor Gibson and UWM proceed with merging the RHC in the proposed Hub Center in the Student Union, Latino community protests and demonstrations will definitely ignite again at Chapman Hall. It would be wise, for Chancellor Gibson to keep the RHC at its present offices and expand its services, since he enjoys playing Congas at the RHC. (RHC Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1LHQRzb1ii/)

The RHC on Saturday celebrated its PALM Graduation Gala 2026 at the Flores Hall in the Southside of Milwaukee.

Recap: UWM announced in January 2026, that it would consolidate 8 affinity centers into one student focused Hub Center in order to secure federal funding after Trump and the U.S. Department of Education engaged in their MAGA (Make Amerikkka Great Again) relentless racially motivated effort to end all related Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) programs, and had threatened to withhold federal funding from educational institutions who failed to comply and eliminate all related DEI programs. Although, multiple federal courts ruled Trump's executive order to eliminate DEI programs and threatening to withhold federal funding from educational institutions who did not comply with his order was illegal and unconstitutional. The U.S. Department of Education later confirmed that it wouldn’t appeal the federal court rulings declaring that eliminating DEI and its funding was unconstitutional because it infringed on the free speech rights of instructors in classrooms. Although, despite the federal court rulings, both the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, and the Milwaukee Area Technical College (MATC) proceeded to eliminate their DEI related programs. MATC President Anthony Cruz decided to eliminate the Office of Multicultural Student Services and terminated 4 student service specialists serving  Latino/Hispanic, African-American, Asian-American and Native-American students in August 2025. The Office of Multicultural Student Services was replaced by the Office of Community Impact at MATC.

UWM also proceeded to merge the 8 affinity centers despite, federal court decisions that Trump's elimination of DEI related programs and threatening to withhold federal funding was illegal and unconstitutional.

When the 8 affinity centers moved into the Student Union Hub Center in the Fall of 2026, the affinity groups will gradually lose their identity structures and their known names as we know them today, and will eventually be phased out, according to allegations made by UWM students who will be affected and say that they were never taken into consideration in the UWM decision resulting in the drastic and controversial change. UWM students and numerous student organizations opposed the controversial move by UWM Chancellor Gibson in creating the 8 affinity Student Union Hub Center.

The affinity centers services will also be restructured, according to UWM students.

The legacy of the Roberto Hernández Center and its history:

The actual creation of the Spanish Speaking Outreach Institute (SSOI), which later became the Roberto Hernández Center at link: http://bit.ly/1hgQkaB

Historic video of the UWM 1970 Takeover and the creation of the SSOI, today the Roberto Hernández Center-UWM https://youtu.be/FzOpOxI_GKw

The RHC-UWM records from 1970 to 2021 at link: Archival Resources in Wisconsin: Descriptive Finding Aids https://share.google/9CuhUwMJJGT8p2FAC

The Latino community and UWM accords in 1970 (UWM Library archives): 

The untold story by former UW-Milwaukee students: Hispanic News Network U.S.A.: The Untold Story: La Colectiva Student Org And Latin Student Union At UW-Milwaukee Blocked Attempts To Eliminate SSOI/RHC https://share.google/pQqMKk3YYyiClnCTs

Our Historia (RHC – SSOI) Community Empowerment and Institutional Inclusivity https://share.google/Z10lfHtRxXXEXaMY4

UW-Milwaukee proposal to establish SSOI at link: Proposal, "To establish a UWM Spanish Outreach Institute" = Propuesta: "A establecer un Instituto para hispanohablantes para UWM" - UWM Student Activism - UWM Libraries Digital Collections https://share.google/R1NyaGMGkIg4gnarX

Also: Statement, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee to the representatives of the Spanish Speaking community = Declaración, de la Universidad de Wisconsin-Milwaukee a representantes de la comunidad hispanohablante - UWM Student Activism - UWM Libraries Digital Collections https://share.google/uQW9hSCqRNFtVKCBn

In addition: Revision of the original list of demands made by the Council for the Education of Latin Americans (CELA) = Revisión de la lista original de demandas del Consejo para la Educación de Latinoamericanos (CELA) - UWM Student Activism - UWM Libraries Digital Collections https://share.google/lK7MvnyYfEDUdelfY

UW-Milwaukee and CELA agreement at link: Press Release: "Council for Latin American Education and UWM announce new Spanish Speaking outreach institute" = Comunicado de prensa: "El Consejo para la Educacion de Latinoamericanos y UWM annuncian el nuevo Spanish Speaking Outreach Institute" - UWM Student Activism - UWM Libraries Digital Collections https://share.google/EPAj9cK6OKCpolW5f

May 1st Day Of Action Organizers Should Adopt A National Boycott Of The MAGA Oligarchy Goods And Services

National Boycott Of The MAGA Oligarchy Goods And Services Should Be Adopted By The May 1st Organizers!

WI: It's been more than 20 years that immigrants and Latinos including allies have marched to defend our rights as stakeholders in the U.S., whether we are low income, undocumented or legal status documented immigrants and U.S. citizens of color, which we all share one thing in common, we all do pay combined taxes in our perpective cities, villages, towns, states and federal government, and we are all viewed by today's White MAGA (Make Amerikkka Great Again) oligarchy in control of our government and the White House as second class tax paying citizens simply because of the color of our skin.

The worst part, the MAGA oligarchy pays the least taxes or pay no taxes, but are in control of our government and White House, and they do spent our federal tax dollars to achieve their spending power to profit in addition to wasteful spending, voter suppression, blocking Gerrymandering majority minority voting districts, and funding the Iran war, and the Israel Zionist  government genocide of the Palestinian people including children in the Gaza, also funding the MAGA Gestapo USICE to terrorize and commit illegal and unconstitutional acts during immigration enforcement in our immigrant communities throughout the U.S., in order to intentionally disrupt our economic growth and well being.

The May 1st Immigrant Day (Día Sin Latinos) including the National Labor and Workers' Day march and action day is taking place around the U.S., which has become a major movement  for civic action.

This year on May 1st, we celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the Immigrant Latino movement for equal rights, immigrant rights and etc... in Milwaukee. 

Isn't it about time that our movement adopted a long term plan to "boycott" the MAGA oligarchy, corporations, retail stores, businesses, food restaurants including  grocery stores and etc... operated and own by MAGAs?

Our greatest weapon to use against the MAGA oligarchy today is our own economic empowerment and influence totalling more then $3T in spending and buying power in America.

Hopefully, local and national organizers of the May 1st annual movement do take the opportunity and call for an ongoing national boycott against any MAGA consumer products and services being offered by the MAGA status quo, in order to stop the flow of our buying cash from being used to oppress our communities of color, as we seen today. 

A list of the MAGA oligarchy boycott should be made available at organizers websites and social media pages for those participating in the May 1st, to stop buying at MAGA owned businesses and major corporations.

Our hard earned money is the root to stopping today's MAGA extremists, by simply buying and supporting businesses that welcome us, who are friendly to people of color and support our right to exist as taxpayers, consumers and stakeholders in our communities of color.

¡Viva la Causa y La Lucha Continúa!

May Day 2026 march and rally in Milwaukee,  Wisconsin at link: https://youtu.be/jldxmsS9SJI

Posted on April 30, 2026 by H. Nelson Goodson, an immigrant rights and civil rights advocate from Milwaukee, Wisconsin.